I have the impression that the phone market in North America appears to
be manipulated by the phone companies. Is this true? They seem to have
all of the strings for the prospective subscribers. Is it technically
difficult to switch one phone companies to the others? They seem to
promote the impression that the phone manufacturers (Sony, Nokia,
samsung, etc) build the phones specifically to those phone companies.
Is this actually true? Can I buy a Nokia phones from one carrier and
switch to another if I want to? How difficult it is to get the
electronic hardwire modified from one to the other carrier? Just a
matter of switching a tiny button in the cell phone, or type a code to
activate ?
I hate to see their advertisement or selling gimmick... the phone is
free, as long as you sign 3-5 years contract. I would rather buy a $500
phone , and subscribe and change to any company as I like. Can i do
this? Can I just buy a cellular phone card from different phone
companies?
What happens if I buy a cell phone via internet from Nokia, Sanyo, or
Sony? Do I have to specify what phone carrier I plan to use it with?
How to change from one company to another in this case? It seems that
cellphone in other part of the world, particularly in Asia are more
advance than in North America. How about in Europe? in NA, these phone
carriers seem to keep phone subscribers under their leash. Hence,
hardly see the technology improvement as happening in other part of the
world. They want to "milk" you as a subscriber. This month, they offer
a "slightly" better MP camera with the cell phone... for you to switch
(and of course pay an extra). Then next month, another tiny increase in
MP camera for Xmas promotion, etc.etc. Before long, you have a 1.2 MP
camera in a cell phone, then a 1.3 MP, then a 1.4MP, then a 1.5 MP. Why
not release that 8 MP camera in a cell phone that I saw advertised in
the internet?



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